Tiqwa School

TIQWA believes that every child should be given a chance to develop to their own full potential in life.

The modified phases are for children unable to follow mainstream or specialised syllabuses. Using a developmental approach by placing only five to eight children per educator, each situation is assessed from a strength base perspective which is entered into looking at the positive. Six care givers and educators are employed at TIQWA. The tuition techniques practiced at TIQWA provide intensive individual therapeutic tuition for children with learning disabilities and brain dysfunction. Many children are learning disabled and are unable to progress in special or remedial classes. No pressure or expectations is placed on the learner to compete and no year-end failure. The learners are not placed in grades but are clustered according to their capabilities and are developed at their individual levels. TIQWA gives every child the hope of becoming a literate, independent, self-assured and employable member of society and has built up a successful record of accomplishment of children returning to mainstream education.

This empowerment is developed through: Specialised dual medium therapeutic methods Small classes for individual attention Physical exercise programmes including daily gross motor and sensory motor exercise Modified phase syllabus encompassing English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, life skills, art activities, music therapy, cooking and horse-riding. Development of social skills Occupational and speech therapy Educational outings School preparedness Annual School Concert Country atmosphere A high level of consideration is placed on life and social skills. Further skills are developed through speech and occupational therapies. Skills developed are:- To improve the quality of live of mentally and physically disabled children. To strengthen their muscles, co-ordination and improve body movement. Improving gross, fine and hand-eye co-ordination. Stretching of muscles and mobilizing of muscles and tendons Improving the child’s self-image. Normalising balance and equilibrium reactions. To improve feeding, speech and alternative communication. To assist and empower parents with home-based programmes to improve the child’s social functioning in his/her environment